What does tax exemption mean in Japan?

What does duty-free amount mean in Japan?

The total amount of tax-free goods purchased cannot exceed 300,000 yen.

What is the difference between Japanese duty-free shops and shopping malls?

Generally speaking, duty-free shops are exempt from customs duties and consumption tax.

In this way, duty-free shops in Japan can be divided into two types, airport duty-free shops and duty-free shops similar to Akihabara electronics stores.

The former is fully tax-free, while the latter is exempt from Japan’s 8% consumption tax.

All shopping malls have to pay these taxes, but now large shopping malls have special tax refund windows in order to attract Chinese tourists. As long as you hold your short-term tourist passport, the cash will be returned directly to you upon verification.

It is recommended to buy luxury goods at the airport duty-free shop. The same bag I bought at the Ginza Burberry store last time was more than 10,000 yen more expensive than at the airport.

Others can be purchased locally in Japan, which is more convenient and the store staff provide good service.

Hope to adopt it~

Regarding the issue of tax exemption in Japan

It will not be checked. The voucher type is only used when needed. After all, you The things you buy are for use, not for paying taxes or showing off in the market, so no matter when you leave or enter the country, as long as you don’t bring these things with you, people will not ask you about taxes. Your tax-free certificate will only come in handy if you bring one or two with you and someone collects taxes from you. It is a passive certificate, not an active one.

I would like to ask how to say tax-free in Japan

Just say it directly

これは无码(めいぜい)ですか.

ko re wa menzei de su ka.

Or

これはデューティーフリー(duty free)ですか.

ko re wa duti furi de su ka.

What does duty-free shop in Japan mean?

Regardless of whether you buy something in a Japanese duty-free shop or a non-duty-free shop and bring it back to China, if it is randomly inspected by the customs at the Chinese airport, all goods will be taxed if the cost exceeds 5,000 yuan.

Japan’s duty-free issues

There are two types of duty-free shops in Japan. One is at the airport, which is exempt from customs duties, cigarette taxes, alcohol taxes, etc. A simple example: The normal selling price of a carton of Japanese cigarettes in Japan is 3,000 yen. The duty-free price at the airport is about 2,100 yen. Therefore, the things that are suitable for buying at the airport include cigarettes, alcohol, and foreign brand cosmetics, that’s it.

The second type of duty-free shop is exempt from the 5% consumption tax. When buying things in relatively large shopping malls in the city, the general consumption amount is more than 10,000 yen. If you show your passport, you may be exempted. . Therefore, the most suitable items to buy here are Japanese brand cosmetics, electrical appliances, watches, clothes, luxury goods, etc.

About Japan’s tax-free issues

In theory, duty-free goods must be taken out of Japan and cannot be used in Japan. But it's usually fine. I haven't seen anyone checking it when I leave the country. Maybe it's all based on consciousness.

How is the tax rate for shopping at duty-free shops in Japan calculated?

The consumption tax is 8%.

For example, a product worth 10,000 yuan. It costs 10,800 yen.

The price listed in some stores is the tax-included price "tax込み" 10800 yen. If you want to be tax-free, it is 10800/1.08=10000

The price listed in some stores is the tax-exclusive price "tax-type" ” or “tax抜き”, the tax-free price is the marked price.

What does it mean to put the invoice on the passport after purchasing duty-free goods in Japan?

That is the tax-free slip. Japanese customs will remove it when leaving Japan.

When shopping in Japan, I heard that there is a tax-free policy. What is it specifically?

Excerpted from the Internet.

Japan Duty Free Shop usually refers to stores approved by the Japanese government. Duty-free shops located in international airports that are qualified to sell duty-free goods. In principle, the goods operated by this type of duty-free shop are exempt from import duties and consumption taxes. They sell some luxury goods such as duty-free tobacco, alcohol and cosmetics. Most of the goods are imported, and the overall price is relatively expensive. In recent years, with the increase in foreign tourists, urban duty-free shops have appeared in major cities across Japan. These duty-free shops mainly sell home appliances, cosmetics and gifts, and exempt foreign tourists holding short-term tourist visas from consumption tax. Moreover, in addition to duty-free, there are often some preferential discount services, and the overall price is cheaper than duty-free shops at the airport. At present, the number of such duty-free shops is constantly increasing. Many department stores, home appliance chain stores, discount stores, etc. have successively obtained approval from the Japanese government to start operating duty-free business. However, it should be noted that not all goods in the city’s duty-free shops are tax-free. Generally, the starting price of each store is 10,000 yen, and a purchase of more than 10,000 yen can be tax-free. In addition, some stores in the city sell products that are cheaper than airport duty-free shops, depending on the purchasing channel, even if they are not duty-free.